> "Increasingly, authoritarian countries which want to control what citizens see are looking at what Iran and China have already done.
The US does the same. Indeed, the US takes down stuff globally, often by pwning a site's primary DNS servers.
But of course, they claim that they are only taking down "illegal" sites. But there's rarely (if ever) any sort of due process.
Edit: This is a well known fact. The FBI even brags about it, from time to time. But if any y'all want to claim that it's not, or is somehow distinguishable, please do share.
Edit: For example, the FBI took down a news site, which was arguably protected by the Constitution:
The US does the same. Indeed, the US takes down stuff globally, often by pwning a site's primary DNS servers.
But of course, they claim that they are only taking down "illegal" sites. But there's rarely (if ever) any sort of due process.
Edit: This is a well known fact. The FBI even brags about it, from time to time. But if any y'all want to claim that it's not, or is somehow distinguishable, please do share.
Edit: For example, the FBI took down a news site, which was arguably protected by the Constitution:
https://www.deepdotweb.com/
... and you can see it through early 2019 here:
https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://deepdotweb.com